Kim Clijsters is returning to tennis in 2020.
Clijsters started 2004 by playing in the Hopman Cup.
Clijsters and Vera Zvonareva first played each other in 2002.
Clijsters had a 22-match winning streak from August to October.
Clijsters climbed up the rankings over the next couple of years.
Clijsters has won 41 WTA singles titles
and 11 WTA doubles titles.
The win raised Henin's ranking to world No. 2,
just behind Clijsters.
Clijsters and Justine Henin met 25 times
over a period of 12 years.
Clijsters was four times within two points of winning before Capriati prevailed.
Clijsters was inducted into the International Tennis Hall
of Fame on 22 July 2017.
Four-time Grand Slam winner Kim Clijsters commented"Growing up together, she's always
been the more touchy player.
Time Grand Slam winner Kim Clijsters commented"Growing up together, she's always
been the more touchy player.
Giving Clijsters a chance to double the $1.1 million US Open
winners prize to $2.2 million.
Clijsters' first serve is not overwhelmingly powerful,
but is placed well and earns her free points.
Clijsters and Lynch married privately on 13 July 2007,
at 6 am at the Bree city hall.
Had Henin won this match, she would have immediately replaced Clijsters as the World No. 1.
In November 2003, Clijsters announced her engagement to Australian Lleyton Hewitt,
but their relationship ended in October 2004.
In December 2003, Clijsters announced her engagement to Australian Lleyton Hewitt,
but their relationship ended in October 2004.
She defeated Clijsters(who was seeded second)
in a semifinal 6- 4, 7- 6(4) but lost the final to Mauresmo.
Clijsters and Lynch married secretly on 13 July 2007,
at 6:00 in the morning at the Bree city hall.
Their series ended 13- 12 in Clijsters' favour,
though Henin won all three of their Grand Slam Final meetings.
In her first round-robin match, Azarenka lost to Vera Zvonareva,
and then lost to Kim Clijsters in her second match.
Clijsters started playing tennis at age five with her cousins,
and her parents took her to watch matches around Europe.
Clijsters' hot streak continued as she extended
her streak to 21 wins, even without a coach at the Fortis Championships.
On 6 May 2007, citing injuries, Clijsters announced on her official website that she was retiring
from professional tennis immediately.
With her victory over Serena, Clijsters became the only player to have beaten
both Williams sisters in the same tournament twice.
Azarenka began her year at the Medibank International as the seventh seed,
where she lost to Kim Clijsters in the quarterfinals.
Kim Clijsters of Belgium retired and had a child before
coming back at age 26 and winning three Grand Slam titles.
Clijsters' third title of the year came
at the Telecom Italia Masters in Rome, where she defeated Amélie Mauresmo in the final.
Was to be Clijsters' final year on tour,
as she had planned in 2005 to retire at the end of the 2007 season.